Talkin' trash
Pultizer Prize winner Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week took a nasty swipe yesterday at Ginny Burdick, the state senator from Portland who's running against Opie for City Council. I share Nigel's skepticism for Senator Burdick's campaign rhetoric, and I'm leaning toward supporting Dave Lister at this point, but it sure looks like the Double Dub is taking sides in that race a little early, and on the "news" pages, no less.
Now that they've moved to groovy Northwest, Jaquiss & Co. may feel more free than ever to thumb their noses at the temporarily-somewhat-disenfranchised former big shots of downtown business. More power to us "Listerines," I hope.
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Comments (7)
As long as Willy Week doesn't move to Clackamas County like the Portland Tribune... (should they change their name to Milwaukie Mail-Tribune?)
Posted by TK | February 16, 2006 5:06 PM
So long as they're covering Portland, I don't care if their business offices are on the moon.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 16, 2006 5:09 PM
Maybe it's expose. Jayquiss' focus on the good ol boy system gives me guarded hope that some in the press may begin to penetrate the gloom of illusion that hovers over this place that leaves us all wallowing, as one reporter aptly put it, "in whale sh*t".
Posted by Cynthia | February 16, 2006 5:35 PM
Poor Ginny! Hope she can handle it.
Posted by Libertas | February 17, 2006 7:55 AM
Ok, but where were these folks when Sam Adams, the ultimate insider, was claiming to SHHAKKKE UP City Hall?
Posted by john | February 17, 2006 2:47 PM
That was a good one, wasn't it? I think it was Sten's idea -- he who was supposedly neutral in that race, but bailed out old Sammy in the end.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 17, 2006 2:49 PM
His long-time connection to Vera and that disgustingly disingenuous claim made sure that I voted against him.
Posted by godfry | February 18, 2006 1:18 PM